Spoilers Superman (2025) Grade and Discussion
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It is still a pretty high ceiling. I would argue that studios just need to manage their expectations. The MCU studios never expected the success they had when Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk were made. Expectations were set way too high after Endgame and were impossible to sustain in the long term.
So the movies are not making the numbers they were making up until about three years ago. Superman and the Fantastic Four (and Captain America and Thunderbolts) have still done incredibly well.
Is it really superhero fatigue or cinema fatigue? I think lots of people have just fallen out of the habit of cinema since Covid and streaming. Look at how the last 2 Mission: Impossible films underperformed.
Like on the political spectrum, I think that baseline has moved over the past fifteen years. It used to be that only a few really expensive movies were made each year, and out of those few movies that were really expensive to produce only a few became "hits". Most movies made their money back after their theatrical release since home video became a thing, especially after the success of Batman in 1989.
The success of big tentpole expensive movies beginning in the early 00s pushed studios to invest more and more money up front. This came at the expense of medium budget movies that used to be the majority of what we saw in the theatre.
I'd argue that it may be time for the pendulum to swing back the other way. There will still be a place for the MCU and the DCU and other big budget movies, but just not as many of them.
Covid broke American culture almost as fundamentally as 9/11. It will be decades, yet...
There's a YouTube channel called Bankrupt, that explores the rise and fall of popular stores/restaurants, etc.; and the number of businesses that have closed since Covid is staggering. It's going to take decades, if ever, to return to a pre-Covid business model. Theaters/movies are just one part of it.
I used to go to the cinema so much between 2006-2019 - including midnight showings.
Post Covid it took a while for good projects to come out but also the mindset of not going to the Cinema + gotten so used to streaming services during lockdown being the default option. The other problem is you have inflation making the cinema too expensive for many people and a younger generation with no real attachment to the cinema or any sort of god dam attention span!!!
I've started going again thanks to a new local cinema that is more comfortable and cheaper than my the cinema I always went too pre Covid and will do 3 films in 3 weekends by next week. Haven't done that in a long time, if ever actually. The problem is after FF (Superman & Naked Gun were the first two) I don't really have anything to see until maybe Running Man in November. Quality & Quantity is a problem too.
Post Covid it took a while for good projects to come out but also the mindset of not going to the Cinema + gotten so used to streaming services during lockdown being the default option. The other problem is you have inflation making the cinema too expensive for many people and a younger generation with no real attachment to the cinema or any sort of god dam attention span!!!
I've started going again thanks to a new local cinema that is more comfortable and cheaper than my the cinema I always went too pre Covid and will do 3 films in 3 weekends by next week. Haven't done that in a long time, if ever actually. The problem is after FF (Superman & Naked Gun were the first two) I don't really have anything to see until maybe Running Man in November. Quality & Quantity is a problem too.
Couldn't find a channel called Bankruput - Would it be this playlist called Bankrupt on Bright Sun Films channel?
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Couldn't find a channel called Bankruput - Would it be this playlist called Bankrupt on Bright Sun Films channel?
Bright Sun Films
From Abandoned buildings, to Bankrupt companies and Cancelled projects, Bright Sun Films is the place to explore our past and discover what worked and what didn't. These are the shows and videos that I find interesting, from the scariest depths of our modern ruins, to a deep analysis on why a...
That's the one.
Good Lord.
There was a poster in another forum who just saw the movie and was complaining that Ultra-Man is a good guy and posted a picture of the Japanese Ultraman.
I don't know if he was being a troll or dense, but someone else corrected him by posting a picture of Ultra Man from Earth 3, saying this, in part, was who he was modeled after
There was a poster in another forum who just saw the movie and was complaining that Ultra-Man is a good guy and posted a picture of the Japanese Ultraman.
I don't know if he was being a troll or dense, but someone else corrected him by posting a picture of Ultra Man from Earth 3, saying this, in part, was who he was modeled after
Well, it’s certainly true that Ultraman is awesome. But if you don’t know the difference between the two, you need to turn in your geek card now.
Ultraman here though was used exactly the way Doomsday was season 2 of Superman and Lois.
Yeah, there have been very few movies that have done as well as the studios were hoping, so this goes way beyond just super heroes.
So I saw it for the 6th time today. That is only because last weekend I had separate family gatherings on Saturday and Sunday. Which never happens. Or it would be higher number! 
I remember someone suggested seeing it in 3D. I actually considering it when it was still option first 2 weeks. But I stopped wearing contacts early last year. Too expensive. I wore daily disposable because I hate having to clean a pair for a month. But that is super expensive and more so as I get older. Plus impossible to deal with dry eyes during Wisconsin winters. So 3D is not really worth it with regular glasses too.
Oh yeah I am not making this story up - at work I wear older glasses with thin frames. Because I do not want to break my good “Clark Kent Glasses”. Classic black frames, larger lens. Last weekend I went into the library and a coworker walked by me. We never see each other outsider of work. He came back and gave me confused look and asked by name. He said he did not recognize me at first first. Glasses changed shape of my face! He has no idea how much that made my day. You could say he did recognize me eventually... BUT I was not even trying to blend in and the hypo feature was turned off.
I remember someone suggested seeing it in 3D. I actually considering it when it was still option first 2 weeks. But I stopped wearing contacts early last year. Too expensive. I wore daily disposable because I hate having to clean a pair for a month. But that is super expensive and more so as I get older. Plus impossible to deal with dry eyes during Wisconsin winters. So 3D is not really worth it with regular glasses too.
Oh yeah I am not making this story up - at work I wear older glasses with thin frames. Because I do not want to break my good “Clark Kent Glasses”. Classic black frames, larger lens. Last weekend I went into the library and a coworker walked by me. We never see each other outsider of work. He came back and gave me confused look and asked by name. He said he did not recognize me at first first. Glasses changed shape of my face! He has no idea how much that made my day. You could say he did recognize me eventually... BUT I was not even trying to blend in and the hypo feature was turned off.
The digital release date will be August 26, 2025.
Superman Digital Release Reportedly Set for August 15 as Film Nears $300 Million at Domestic Box Office
Superman Digital Release Reportedly Set for August 15 as Film Nears $300 Million at Domestic Box Office
Sounds like all Digital Release dates are BS and refuted by Warner Bros. https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/superman-vod-home-streaming-date-confirmed
I wouldn't expect to see it on VOD until after the summer season has passed. It should still be in theatres for awhile yet, and may outlast the Fantastic Four.
Before this latest Superman, I hadn't been to a theater since The Batman which was in 2022. After experiencing how much it cost for tickets, popcorn and soda it will be awhile before I do it again after I see F4. Prices are beyond insane and they are nuts if they think audience numbers will go back to pre covid with those sky high prices.
Yeah, as long as a lot of people are willing to pay to go see it in theaters, WB shouldn't even announce a home release. In fact, it might be economically smart to even take a bit of a break between the theatrical run and the home release, let people miss it a bit, then they could have the physical editions released in time for holiday season.
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